There are only about 2,000 to 2,500 gray-shanked douc langurs in the whole country, distributed in 6 provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai. In Quang Ngai, 10 gray-shanked douc langurs have been discovered with 104 in urgent need of protection.
The gray-shanted douc langur belongs to group 1B in the list of critically endangered and rare forest animals, is a primate species endemic to Vietnam recorded in the Vietnam Red Book and the IUCN Red List of Conservation Union. international nature.
It is estimated that there are only 2,200 – 2,500 species of gray-shanked douc langur in the wild, distributed in Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces.
Recently, the Wildlife Conservation Center in Vietnam and the Green Viet Green Biodiversity Conservation Center (Green Viet) surveyed 10 forest areas in Ba Nam, Ba Xa, and Ba Le communes (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City). Ba To, Quang Ngai) discovered 10 herds, with 104 gray-shanked douc langurs.
According to Mr. Ngo Vinh Phong – deputy head of the Quang Ngai Forest Protection Department, the survey team directly found 10 rare gray-shanked douc langurs. In the above area, there are about 20 herds, with nearly 200 animals. “These are very rare douc langurs that need urgent conservation,” Phong said.
Mr. Tran Huu Vy, director of Green Viet, said that in the world, the gray-shanked douc langur is only found in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Not only in the critically endangered group in Vietnam, but also in the IUCN Red List. The langur herd in Quang Ngai needs urgent protection, because there was a time when people hunted this rare animal.
